hey, we did this a while back....
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Many times we went South of the border. Pizza hut in Bellville and Rep city(republic)
Yes fighter base was the Bruning base, they were P47 thunderbolts, fairmont was the bomber base not sure about Harvard, the runways were longer at fairmont, although you could land a bomber at Bruning if necessary. If you look at the hangers at fairmont you can see they cut out part of the door way to fit a B29. Small face. At the time colonel tibits picked part of his crew from fairmont for the enola gay
No kidding. I did not know that about the enola gay crew. Awesome as I love history. For some reason i think Harvard was fighters to or a mix. This is fun
The A frame liquid store in Belleville ks, you could buy hard liquor there instead of 3.2 beer. Even though we were only 17-18 the guy didn't care we were from Nebraska, he wasn't going to get into trouble, cuz we sure as hell were going to talk if we got caught. Yeah the good ole days, ya sure couldn't do that today
I didn't think you could buy liquor unless at a club. But maybe that was liquor by the drink
That place was on hwy 36. I think it's a bank now. Funny they're both like slot machines
Yes only club you could buy it by the drink, but liquid stores you could buy hard liquor and regular beer, a bar/tavern you could only buy 3.2 beer
What is this Stage Coach and what did they have that you had to leave Nebraska to get?
I'll never forget walking out of the liquor store on the south side of Fairmont, before four lane, with a case of beer and a state patrolman was coming in All you could do iskeeis walking and stay cool. It might have helped that I always stopped in there and bought something and gas to and from college. They knew me on a first name basis.
Those were the days
My nephews keep telling me there's no way we could do the stuff we did back then in today's world. Like pheasant hunting before school and leave you shotgun in your vehicle looked up in the school parking lot. And having a kegger on a dirt road
I was on the tail end of it..... Dirty John would chase us away as we would hang out hoping to catch a glimpse of some exotic beauty from another town!
I once got pulled over by the county sheriff in my home town in broad daylight. One of my buddies in the back seat had a 12 pack sitting between his feet. The guy just looked in the back, looked at me and said "I think you boys better go home now" and winked.
My Dad worked for the Rock Island RR...... Outta Fairbury, that is how we came to live in Alex.
Lol he was a hell of a bar tender but you didn't buy a mixed drink while he was tending bar cuz he'd stir it with his finger, yes I actually witnessed him doing it
They mostly only played in Milligan when I was a teenager... a few exceptions at street dances in the area.
You're right. Milligan and Deshler for about 5 years.
Back in the good ol days, our town cop would pull people over and say I think it's time you boys went home. IF you did all things were good for another week. IF you didn't, he would radio the state patrol
Weren't those guy more like a night watchman?the one in Daykin would go to the service station and sleep.
The Bruning Air base has been a feed lot for probably 30 years.... But there was so much concrete up there, away from the POLICE that we went there and had drag races, keggers, stupid bb gun wars, trap shooting, and sled races (car hoods pulled by cars). How did I survive!
Just curious, might run across you some day. Here lately it's been almost daily for me
Pretty much!!!!! But all jokes aside, it worked and was cheaper and better
Almena, KS..... My Dad grew up there and went to high school in Norton (15miles to the west). We would always meet family at Harlan County and fish, swim, boat, hunt......